Links

Local Bodies

• Cheshire County Council Countryside Management
  Webpages designed to help you get the most from Cheshire's wonderful countryside.
• Chester City Council Countyside and Landscape Team
  This is the team responsible for running Caldy Nature Park.

Local Groups

• Cheshire Wildlife Trust Protecting Cheshire's Wildlife for the Future
  As part of its role to safeguard our fragile natural heritage, it manages 45 nature reserves which help to protect endangered species, rare plants, and threatened habitats.
• Cheshire WATCH Wildlife Watch
  The junior branch of The Wildilfe Trusts.
• Chester WATCH Group Chester Watch Group
  Chester's very own group, based at the Nature Park.
• rECOrd The Local Biological Records Centre
  This centre, based at Chester Zoo, provides a local facility for the storage, validation and usage of Cheshire based biological data under the National Biodiversity Network (NBN) project.
• Chester RSPB Group Chester RSPB Group
  The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds is the charity that takes action for wild birds and the environment that supports them, with a strong interest in conserving all biodiversity.
• The Knutsford Ornithological Society The Knutsford Ornithological Society
  A well appointed site with a lot of information about birdwatching locally as well as further afield.
• Cheshire & Wirral Ornithological Society CAWOS
  The objectives of CAWOS are to promote and encourage the study, recording and preservation of species and habitats within the designated recording area of Cheshire and Wirral.
• Cheshire and Wirral Bird Atlas Cheshire and Wirral Bird Atlas
  A project of CAWOS, this atlas aims among other things to provide a permanent and comprehensive record of the bird species within the county.
• Cheshire Amphibians Cheshire Amphibians
  The county site for amphibian and pond enthusiasts. Cheshire contains more than 15,000 ponds. These are known to be important habitats for amphibians, in particular for great crested newts..
• Cheshire Moth Group Cheshire Moth Group
  The moth group started life as an informal grouping of individuals interested in recording moths within Cheshire. Work is now underway on the production of an atlas of the lepidoptera of Cheshire.
• Cheshire Dragonflies & Damselflies Cheshire Dragonflies & Damselflies
  These pages are intended to provide information about the status of Odonata in the County of Cheshire and also the Wirral.
• Friends of the North Wirral Coastal Park Friends of the North Wirral Coastal Park
  The North Wirral Coastal Park is a linear park along the coastline, consisting of a variety of habitats and areas, including public open space, common land, natural foreshore, sand-dunes, ponds and reedbeds. The park lies between Dove Point at Meols and the Kings Parade at New Brighton, incorporating the Gunsite.

... and some enthusiasts

• The Clwyd Birds Web The Clwyd Birds Web
  A collection of information and links relating to bird watching in North East Wales
• Dee Estuary Birding
  This Web site describes the best Dee Estuary birdwatching areas with detailed maps and latest bird news for dedicated twitchers and casual birdwatchers alike.
• Steven Round Bird Photography Steven Round Bird Photography
  Steven is a local photographer and birdwatcher who has built up a considerable collection of photographs. This website is a gallery of some of them.
• Simply Birds & Moths Simply Birds & Moths
  Dedicated to Birds, Moths and People with like minded interests.

National Organisations

• The Botanical Society of the British Isles The Botanical Society of the British Isles
  The Botanical Society of the British Isles is for everyone who is interested in the flora of Britain and Ireland. It is the biggest and most active organisation devoted to the study of botany in the British Isles.
• Greenspace Greenspace
  A registered charity set up to help those committed to the planning, design, management and use of public parks and open spaces.
• NatureNet NatureNet
  Naturenet is a voluntary enterprise to provide a good online resource for practical nature conservation and countryside management, mainly in England but with some reference to the rest of the UK.
• Plantlife Plantlife
  Dedicated exclusively to conserving all forms of plant life in its natural habitat: the nation's champion of wild plants

Community groups slightly further afield

• Friends of Muntz Park, Birmingham Friends of Muntz Park
  
• Birmingham Open Spaces Forum Birmingham Open Spaces Forum